Sec. 1303.251. EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE

(a) Each contract holder residing in this state is entitled to evidence of coverage under a residential service contract. The residential service company that issued the contract shall issue evidence of coverage under the contract.

(b) A residential service company may not issue or deliver evidence of coverage under a residential service contract, or an amendment to that evidence, to a person in this state until a copy of the evidence or amendment is filed with and approved by the commission.

(c) The commission may require a residential service company to submit relevant information the commission considers necessary to determine whether to approve or disapprove the company's evidence of coverage.

(d) The commission shall approve a residential service company's evidence of coverage if the requirements of this section and Section 1303.252 are met.

(e) If the commission disapproves a residential service company's evidence of coverage, the commission shall notify the company of the disapproval and in the notice shall specify in detail the reason for the disapproval.

(f) A residential service company whose evidence of coverage is disapproved by the commission may request a hearing on the commission's decision. If a hearing is requested, the commission shall set a hearing on the decision as soon as reasonably possible. Not later than the 60th day after the date of the hearing, the commission by written order shall approve or disapprove the evidence. If the evidence is disapproved, the commission shall state in the order the grounds for the disapproval.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.